Violent assault on officer leads to five months in jail

RCMP officer quits over traumatic event involving Cory Russell Levy

A Rollo Bay man was sentenced Thursday to five months in jail for assaulting an RCMP officer.

Cory Russell Levy, 34, was given 78 days credit for time served.

Chief provincial court Judge Nancy Orr told Levy he had physical contact with an officer “for no good reason.”

In the agreed statement of facts, the court heard Levy hit the officer with closed fists and pushed him against the door after the officer showed up at his home on Dec. 4 to arrest him for impaired driving.

The violent tussle spilled outside where Levy pulled violently on the officer’s protective vest.

Fearing for his life, the officer pulled his service weapon and fired three shots at Levy. One shot struck Levy in the leg near the left knee, allowing the officer to finally subdue the angry, drunken man and call for backup assistance.

The collision course with the officer began with Levy tossing back double whiskeys at the Souris Legion on Dec. 4.

After having an argument with another patron, Levy left the legion, got into his truck and proceeded to back the vehicle into a fence.

Driving impaired, he then picked up babysitter.

A short time after Levy arrived home, a police officer visited him after receiving a complaint about the man’s driving.

Levi told the officer to “get the f*** out of my house.”

The violent altercation

The officer has since left the RCMP as a result of the traumatizing effect of the incident.

Orr also sentenced Levy to four days in jail and handed a one-year driving prohibition for impaired operation of a motor vehicle.

The judge said that Levy may not have wanted the officer to show up at his door, but noted “drinking and driving is a very serious offence in this province.”

Levy, according to his own lawyer, has a long history of alcohol abuse “with stints of sobriety.”

Reading from a prepared statement, Levy stood in court to apologize to the “general public” for putting them at risk. He also apologized to his family, the Souris Legion, the babysitter and the officer he assaulted.

“My potential has been hindered by alcohol abuse,” he said. his children and a ensued.